Town Talk with Chad Lawhorn for February 20, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [A chicken and waffle restaurant from K.C. to open in one vacant 23rd Street spot, while sushi and Cajun combo coming to another]( After 18 months of traffic-snarling construction on 23rd Street, we probably could have some fun with the old riddle of “why did the chicken cross the road.” I’ll let you come up with your own answer on that. My message today is to ... [A chicken and waffle restaurant from K.C. to open in one vacant 23rd Street spot, while sushi and Cajun combo coming to another]( By: Chad Lawhorn After 18 months of traffic-snarling construction on 23rd Street, we probably could have some fun with the old riddle of “why did the chicken cross the road.” I’ll let you come up with your own answer on that. My message today is to ... February 19, 2024 @ 5:29pm [After nearly 15 years, downtown Lawrence once again has a drugstore; Sigler Pharmacy opens along Vermont Street]( By: Chad Lawhorn Downtown Lawrence’s nearly 15 years without a pharmacy and drugstore ended a couple of weeks ago. Already, you are starting to see downtown Lawrence change in small ways. One such small (but not trivial) way: toilet paper. On Friday, while ... February 9, 2024 @ 2:38pm [New downtown candy shop hopes to provide a little fun and magic to city's retail scene]( By: Chad Lawhorn You know what they say about a kid in a candy store. He’ll either bounce off the wall or stick to it. (On second thought, maybe that is just what they said about me, and why we didn’t often stop at one.) No, the more conventional saying ... February 7, 2024 @ 4:59pm [Baskin-Robbins to open Lawrence store this week; city sales tax collections start strong but City Hall projecting overall shortfall]( By: Chad Lawhorn A couple of news and notes from around town: Given that the weather felt like 40-below zero not long ago, perhaps few people noticed that a new Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop planned for 23rd Street was taking a long time to open. But I did, ... February 5, 2024 @ 5:10pm [Dutch Bros. Coffee files plans to build new drive-thru shop along south Iowa Street]( By: Chad Lawhorn The highly caffeinated “bros” are coming to Lawrence. Dutch Bros. Coffee has filed plans with Lawrence City Hall to build a new drive-thru coffee shop along south Iowa Street. The shop will be the first in Lawrence for the West Coast ... February 1, 2024 @ 1:18pm [Plans for 60-bed drug and alcohol treatment center moving ahead; construction likely in April]( By: Chad Lawhorn A multimillion-dollar project to rehabilitate an old Iowa Street motel into a detox and substance abuse treatment center is scheduled to begin in April, developers of the project have confirmed. We reported in September that Lawrence ... January 31, 2024 @ 2:36pm You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044